CVE-2025-8916
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
6.3
VIR risk
5.5
Description
Bouncy Castle for Java bcpkix, bcprov, bcpkix-fips on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.80-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.80-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.80-1 |
| sles | affected | |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on | >=1.44,<1.79 | 1.79 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15to18 | >=1.44,<1.79 | 1.79 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on | >=1.44,<1.79 | 1.79 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-fips | >=1.0.0,<1.0.8 | 1.0.8 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-fips | >=2.0.0,<2.0.8 | 2.0.8 |
| MAVEN | org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on | >= 1.44, < 1.79 | 1.79 |
| MAVEN | org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15to18 | >= 1.44, < 1.79 | 1.79 |
| MAVEN | org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on | >= 1.44, < 1.79 | 1.79 |
| MAVEN | org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-fips | >= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 |
| MAVEN | org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-fips | >= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 |
References
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908916
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-8916
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8916
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/310b30a4fbf36d13f6cc201ffa7771715641e67e
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/ff444a479942d88de64004dc82c3ee32a9e9075a
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8916.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4cx2-fc23-5wg6
CWEs
CWE-770
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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